ASTRINGE

astringe

(verb) become constricted or compressed; “The cold substance astringes”

astringe

(verb) constrict or bind or draw together; “Lemon juice astringes the tissue in the mouth”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

astringe (third-person singular simple present astringes, present participle astringing, simple past and past participle astringed)

(transitive, obsolete) To constrict, to compress

(intransitive, obsolete) To become constricted or compressed

To bind by moral or legal obligation.

Anagrams

• Tangiers, Tasering, Tigranes, angriest, angrites, angstier, ganister, gantries, granites, inert gas, ingrates, rangiest, reasting, stearing, tasering, tearings

Source: Wiktionary


As*tringe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Astringing.] Etym: [L. astringere; ad + stringere to draw tight. Cf. Astrict, and see Strain, v. t.]

1. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress. Which contraction . . . astringeth the moistuBacon.

2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. Wolsey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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